I am not a doctor, but I understand that many cases are misdiagnosed, and that even many true cases of ADD/ADHD can be effectively treated through limiting of sugar and caffeine while reducing the over-stimulation of the child.
You prabably already have, as you sound like a concerned father, but I encourage you to look into non-medicinal, dietary and environment based remedies to see if they are an option. Living as a drug addict makes life that much more difficult.
No. But it might be if his sig said something like "I hate libarrels." I don't think that it's a good sig, either, but, hell, they're not even related.
I think that's referred to as a tebibyte now...
Really, kilo means a thousans in metric, so why should kilobyte be 1024, except for binary number compatibility, which HDs forsake anyway?
The MPlayer team has been in some hot water over some IP issues themselves, I know. Are these codecs not freely redistributable? I was under the impression that, like the MS fonts used to be, that they could be redistributed in unmodified form, so that magazine CDs could include them.
Not so? Enlighten me, please.
No matter. I do think that the MPlayer team needs to be working outside of the gray area that they are now in.
I don't mean that you are free to work there (I work in a foreign country and require a work permit), but rather that moving to a country where you have no employment probably does not entitle you to one. Most countries allow foreigners to post a large amount of money for the right to live there indefinitely, however. A visa is, of course, always required for a long-term stay.
Conclusion: you and I are probably not in disagreement.
Yeah, we've translated the first chapter of that book into Thai (available here) and have seen some real enthousiasm over it.
My SO (who did most of the translation) finds Gimp easy to use and has no problems with the 1.2 interface. She actually finds it easier to use on a 800x600 screen than the development version.
I just had a conversation with my SO about this a couple of days ago. The conversation revolved around Americans' distrust of government and the Second Ammendment was held up, because it is, in effect, saying that the populace has a right to defend itself from a tyrranical government.
Militias are, by definition, under local control and not federal, though I really doubt that you could call any militia "well regulated."
Quite possibly, but I don't live in the western world, so I wouldn't know. If it is, it seems to make little difference. Tons of kids play it here in Thailand.
I am all for parental responsibility. I think that they should be involved in choosing what is appropriate for their children rather than letting them loose on the world with no guidance.
Still, when these stories come up, there are many slashdotters who oppose any limits / labeling / whatever for games / movies / the internet. Parents do not have time to educate themselves on every possible form of entertainment that their child can run into.
That's where the start the soul searching part comes in. Should games which, if a movie, would get an R rating be available for purchase by children under 17?
I speak Thai pretty well. Sometimes people on the phone won't realize that I am a foreigner. When I go to order food from a vendor on the street, though, as often as not he will not listen to me and look at my Thai partner for a translation. If I am alone I often get something not at all related to what I ordered. People pre-judge others. It's just a fact.
I used to attribute the following qoute to my father, but I think it really comes from The Stainless Steel Rat or maybe Deathworld.
When I die, I want to be making love to two beautiful women. Then, just as I reach orgasm, an elephant falls from the ceiling, killing me instantly.
If I can't die that way, then I don't want to go at all.
My family was really open about sex, and when I was 18, my mother once spent thirty minutes comparing my sex life with my GF to hers with my father, ending in telling me that my dad's dick was too small when compared to mine. I didn't really want to know that one...
OK, mekkab. Corrections.;)
That price is not commonly available. The article that you linked is not perfectly clear about it, but the bargain basement price is only for "Computer Eua Athorn (People's Computer)." This version has a special localized menu in Thai to make it easy for the new computer users that this targets. This menu, though (from what I've read), cannot be changed, so installation of some programs may fail. This is a very serious limitation. Right now, there are five books out to help the new users with LinuxTLE (the default OS) and one for WinXP.
Interestingly, the Ministry of ICT just announced that next year will see a "People's Server" for SME's and a "People's PDA," both with Linux. I'll translate the announcement and post it to my jounal within a couple of days.
Mekkab, don't be distrated by all the shiny sex in my journal and focus more on the Linux in Thailand stuff!;) Maybe then you'll rate informative and not insightful! hehe
When I was there studying in the mid-80s, books were being printed in standard, western, left-right format, but there were so many different formats in use. Some sort of gradual westernization of the method was really confusing. You could find books in top-down-right-left, top-down-left-right, right-left-top-down, or left-right-top-down. I was just getting proficient at Mandarin, and reading something I found on the street required a lot of trial and error.
Question: I only know of Tai as a language family covering Thai, Lao, and some southern Chinese hill tribe dialects. Is there a real language named Tai and, if so, what language family is it in?
It took a while for me to get used to the "caller pays" scheme that we use for cell phones in this country, because I came from the American "Phone Owner Pays" system, but it allows much more freedom in passing out your cell number, which I never did in the U.S., and would eliminate one of these legal hurdles the pollsters face.
Goy (my gf) is reminding me that it's much easier to get girls' phone numbers, as well, because they don't have to pay.
Short answer is no on all counts. Thai and Lao are similar, but Thai has a single falling tone whereas Lao has both a high and a low falling tone. These tones do not match up well with Mandarin at all, though many casual Mandarin speaking Thais believe so. Thai also lacks the "toneless / unstressed" word that Mandarin has. I also find the Tones in both Thai and Lao to be much more subtle/less discreet than Mandarin.
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I am not a doctor, but I understand that many cases are misdiagnosed, and that even many true cases of ADD/ADHD can be effectively treated through limiting of sugar and caffeine while reducing the over-stimulation of the child.
You prabably already have, as you sound like a concerned father, but I encourage you to look into non-medicinal, dietary and environment based remedies to see if they are an option. Living as a drug addict makes life that much more difficult.
No. But it might be if his sig said something like "I hate libarrels." I don't think that it's a good sig, either, but, hell, they're not even related.
waste it teaching kids to read and right.
I'm hoping that was intentional.
Why? Rome's contributions didn't seem to live on very well in the short term. Why would another empire's?
I think that's referred to as a tebibyte now...
Really, kilo means a thousans in metric, so why should kilobyte be 1024, except for binary number compatibility, which HDs forsake anyway?
Eight inch floppies, dude... Miss 'em?
Oh god! I nearly pissed my pants. That's so funny. I can't breathe... Help...
The MPlayer team has been in some hot water over some IP issues themselves, I know. Are these codecs not freely redistributable? I was under the impression that, like the MS fonts used to be, that they could be redistributed in unmodified form, so that magazine CDs could include them.
Not so? Enlighten me, please.
No matter. I do think that the MPlayer team needs to be working outside of the gray area that they are now in.
So: Why didn't you put your name on it?
I don't mean that you are free to work there (I work in a foreign country and require a work permit), but rather that moving to a country where you have no employment probably does not entitle you to one. Most countries allow foreigners to post a large amount of money for the right to live there indefinitely, however. A visa is, of course, always required for a long-term stay.
Conclusion: you and I are probably not in disagreement.
I suspect that, if you are telecommuting to another country, a work permit is unnecessary and probably impossible to get.
Yeah, we've translated the first chapter of that book into Thai (available here) and have seen some real enthousiasm over it.
My SO (who did most of the translation) finds Gimp easy to use and has no problems with the 1.2 interface. She actually finds it easier to use on a 800x600 screen than the development version.
I just had a conversation with my SO about this a couple of days ago. The conversation revolved around Americans' distrust of government and the Second Ammendment was held up, because it is, in effect, saying that the populace has a right to defend itself from a tyrranical government.
Militias are, by definition, under local control and not federal, though I really doubt that you could call any militia "well regulated."
Quite possibly, but I don't live in the western world, so I wouldn't know. If it is, it seems to make little difference. Tons of kids play it here in Thailand.
I am all for parental responsibility. I think that they should be involved in choosing what is appropriate for their children rather than letting them loose on the world with no guidance.
Still, when these stories come up, there are many slashdotters who oppose any limits / labeling / whatever for games / movies / the internet. Parents do not have time to educate themselves on every possible form of entertainment that their child can run into.
That's where the start the soul searching part comes in. Should games which, if a movie, would get an R rating be available for purchase by children under 17?
I speak Thai pretty well. Sometimes people on the phone won't realize that I am a foreigner. When I go to order food from a vendor on the street, though, as often as not he will not listen to me and look at my Thai partner for a translation. If I am alone I often get something not at all related to what I ordered. People pre-judge others. It's just a fact.
My family was really open about sex, and when I was 18, my mother once spent thirty minutes comparing my sex life with my GF to hers with my father, ending in telling me that my dad's dick was too small when compared to mine. I didn't really want to know that one...
KFG=Kentucky Fried Goatse?
OK, mekkab. Corrections. ;) ;) Maybe then you'll rate informative and not insightful! hehe
That price is not commonly available. The article that you linked is not perfectly clear about it, but the bargain basement price is only for "Computer Eua Athorn (People's Computer)." This version has a special localized menu in Thai to make it easy for the new computer users that this targets. This menu, though (from what I've read), cannot be changed, so installation of some programs may fail. This is a very serious limitation. Right now, there are five books out to help the new users with LinuxTLE (the default OS) and one for WinXP.
Interestingly, the Ministry of ICT just announced that next year will see a "People's Server" for SME's and a "People's PDA," both with Linux. I'll translate the announcement and post it to my jounal within a couple of days.
Mekkab, don't be distrated by all the shiny sex in my journal and focus more on the Linux in Thailand stuff!
When I was there studying in the mid-80s, books were being printed in standard, western, left-right format, but there were so many different formats in use. Some sort of gradual westernization of the method was really confusing. You could find books in top-down-right-left, top-down-left-right, right-left-top-down, or left-right-top-down. I was just getting proficient at Mandarin, and reading something I found on the street required a lot of trial and error.
Question: I only know of Tai as a language family covering Thai, Lao, and some southern Chinese hill tribe dialects. Is there a real language named Tai and, if so, what language family is it in?
No. They are welcoming their new, OO.overlords...
I'll be here till Thursday. Try the veal!
It took a while for me to get used to the "caller pays" scheme that we use for cell phones in this country, because I came from the American "Phone Owner Pays" system, but it allows much more freedom in passing out your cell number, which I never did in the U.S., and would eliminate one of these legal hurdles the pollsters face.
Goy (my gf) is reminding me that it's much easier to get girls' phone numbers, as well, because they don't have to pay.
Short answer is no on all counts. Thai and Lao are similar, but Thai has a single falling tone whereas Lao has both a high and a low falling tone. These tones do not match up well with Mandarin at all, though many casual Mandarin speaking Thais believe so. Thai also lacks the "toneless / unstressed" word that Mandarin has. I also find the Tones in both Thai and Lao to be much more subtle /less discreet than Mandarin.